Which state is the most religious?

Mississippi is the most religious state in the nation and Vermont is the least, according to a new poll.

Mississippi had the most residents of any state in 2013 say religion is an important part of their daily lives and they attend services almost every week or more, according to a Gallup poll released Monday, with 61 percent of its citizens very religious. Vermont had the fewest of the states, with 22 percent of its citizens very religious.

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Mississippi and Vermont have topped their respective lists since Gallup began polling on the subject in 2008, with little variance in the top states each year.

Following Mississippi in very religious residents was Utah, with 60 percent; Alabama, with 57 percent; Louisiana, with 56 percent; and South Carolina and Tennessee tied for fifth, each with 54 percent.

Rounding out the top five least religious states behind Vermont were New Hampshire, with 24 percent; Maine, with 27 percent; Massachusetts, with 28 percent; and Oregon, with 31 percent.

Nationally, slightly more people identified as very religious than last year and slightly fewer were nonreligious. In 2013, 41.4 percent of Americans were very religious and 29.4 percent were nonreligious, compared with 40.1 percent to 31.1 percent last year. The number of somewhat religious Americans, 29.2 percent, was .3 percentage points more than last year.

Gallup surveyed 174,699 adults in 2013 for the poll, which has a national margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point. Margins of error for individual states range from plus or minus 3 percentage points to plus or minus 6 percentage points.